fifty50 Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 removed the AC50 surface skimmer attachment, not crazy about the look and was bulky in the tank. we'll see how just the AC50 and MP10 do at keeping the surface scum under control. also ended up getting a new toy yesterday after work. got me an Apex Jr. i know it's not necessary but i'm a tech geek/gadget whore and pulled the trigger. fairly simple to configure. it took me longer to configure the macbook as a network bridge to connect the Apex Jr directly to the macbook's ethernet port than to figure out how to configure the Apex Jr. still a lot more to learn with it, but right now using it as a fail safe for the heater. no need for light control since the Aquatic Life has a built in timer. thanks for looking! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 visited the brother in law who has a 180g tank. got quite a few frags that were added to the ADA last night. 7-8 different types of zoo's, 2 different mushrooms, and a cabbage leather coral! don't remember all the zoa names but there are eagle eyes, armor of god's and darth maul's. pics to come in a few days when everything fully opens. right now they're just on frag plugs on the sand bed. i think thats it on softies. next corals will be SPS! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 new additions. ID them if you can! eagle eyes on the left cabbage leather on the right Link to comment
fifty50 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 just letting things mature. added a bicolor blenny last weekend. still in the hiding phase, but funny when i do see him. also been battling dictyota . manual picking just leads to it spreading. ended up pulling the trigger on algaefix which i should get in a few days. read nothing but good things about it. but in better news, tank hits the 3mo mark in the next few days! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 2 days shy of the 3mo anniversary but here are the pics now since I won't be around this weekend. also some bad news - the bicolor blenny, frank, that i added 5 days ago kicked the bucket this evening. not sure what happened really. water params are in check and nothing else in the tank showing any signs of stress. everything else doing well for that matter. pic from a few weeks ago but i lol'd nonetheless. hermit crab must've base jumped from a rock above and got stuck. slow growing red hornets. maybe 2mo and only one extra head blue rimmed monti cap green birdsnest FTS 10/21 just some growth shots of the SPS that i got from a local reefer on 9/29. blue rimmed monti - 10/3 blue rimmed monti - 10/21 green birdsnest - 10/3 green birdsnest - 10/21 birdsnest from different angle - 10/21 thanks for looking! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 four month picture update! nothing really changed, just continuing to let the tank mature. enjoy! tubs blue vivid rainbows and candy apple reds red hornets with a green mushroom in the foreground, blue mushroom in background green monti with blue edges unknown zoa nuclear greens and jendub yellow jacket zoas green birdsnest pair of black ice clowns - still the only fish in the tank FTS - 11/23 enjoy! Link to comment
HDreef Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Nice looking tank fifty50.. what kind of light are you using? I like the new corals and your getting some great growth in a short amount of time. Do you dose any supplements? Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 That last shot is great! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Nice looking tank fifty50.. what kind of light are you using? I like the new corals and your getting some great growth in a short amount of time. Do you dose any supplements? Thanks! Things really been showing growth the past 2mo or so. I'm just sitting back and letting it do it's thang. Would definitely like to add more sps and another fish as well. My first post has an equipment breakdown, but the light is a 24" 4x24w AquaticLife T5HO setup with stock bulbs. I chose it for the built in timer and single power cord which is nice (the wife hates the sight of cords!). Link to comment
ayobreezie Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Very clean setup. Everything looks great. Love the patterns on the clowns. Link to comment
fifty50 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Great rockwork!! Very clean setup. Everything looks great. Love the patterns on the clowns. thank you both! Link to comment
Pili Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Lookin' good! I see your going for the xenia background method, haha. Link to comment
fifty50 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Lookin' good! I see your going for the xenia background method, haha. Ha yes! Background isn't painted so trying to hide the AC50. Link to comment
fifty50 Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 few new goodies added yesterday! still on their plugs on the sandbed for now. enjoy! Link to comment
Pili Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Nice! Everything looks like its doing well! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 Nice! Everything looks like its doing well! Yea, they're looking great. Hope they grow nicely (and fast!) once they're mounted. Anyone have any suggestions as to what the third fish should be? Link to comment
fifty50 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 6mo anniversary shots and new additions! new adds from 1/22: ORA Tri color ORA Plum Crazy Tyree Pink Lemonade ORA Red Planet Birds of paradise surface agitation: FTS 1/23/12 so 6mo in and getting the itch to upgrade. thinking of jbj unibody and jbj's new 30gal nanocube is looking nice! currently holding back though, but so tempting! Link to comment
Pili Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Looks like you found your 3rd fish there! Nice frags Those new nanocubes do look nice, though you should you need to run out of space first before you can upgrade! haha Link to comment
fifty50 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Looks like you found your 3rd fish there! Nice frags Those new nanocubes do look nice, though you should you need to run out of space first before you can upgrade! haha Lol true. Yea, I saw the Midas at the LFS a few weeks ago and it had a great personality. I couldn't resist! I should get a better camera for better macro shots before I upgrade anything! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 meh, been battling cyano past few weeks. starting to spread further the past few days. been slowing down feeding and started to shorten light period. we'll see if it helps. in the mean time, i pulled the trigger on a gently used deltec mce300. should help a bit Link to comment
fifty50 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 new tank in the works.... http://coralvue.com/reef-octopus-luxury-aq...ums-and-stands/ Link to comment
fifty50 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Just an update on the tank. Battle with cyano has pretty much ended. Added a hydor slim skim nano to the tank as well which looks to be helping with the overall health of the tank. Currently at the 9mo mark for the stock T5 bulbs so I ordered replacement ATI's. Going with the combo below: AB Special Blue Plus AB Special Purple Plus In the process of adding a bulb every 5days or so. Also adding a tunze osmolator ATO. Got this since I'm going away for 9days end of the month and won't have a tank sitter. Should take receipt of the new tank (referenced in my previous post) when I get back as well. Already got new dry rock, return pump, and DC8 for the apex jr. Will use a Euroreef skimmer i have laying around as well Going to future proof that tank upgrade!! Stay tuned! I'll try to take update pics of the 60p this week. I know it's been a while! Link to comment
fifty50 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 some photos as promised! i really need to get a SLR with macro lens! this is with following T5 bulb setup. currently in the process of acclimating with new ATI bulbs, front to back. AB Special Blue Plus stock 10k stock actinic vivid rainbows, candy apple reds, capt americas SPS garden on a frag rack. had it for about 2mo but decided to wait to mount the frags onto rock because i'll be upgrading the tank next month. includes, ORA Tri color, ORA Plum Crazy, Tyree Pink Lemonade, ORA Red Planet and Birds of paradise. FTS: Link to comment
fifty50 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Leaving the tank alone for 8days with no sitter. Oh man, hope nothing happens! Link to comment
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